Graduates & Research
Each year, our fourth-year students complete a research project that explores a topic of their choosing related to the medical humanities. Recent graduates’ research projects are listed below with accompanying presentations.
We also encourage our students to consider publishing their work and research. Medical humanities students have published reflections written during third-year journaling, collaborated on essays with faculty, and submitted opinion pieces to various publications. Those interested in publishing may want to consider some of these medical student publication venues.
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| James Burden | Politically Adverse Experiences – How Waves of Anti-trans Legislation Are Exacerbating the Adversity and Mental Health Crisis Faced by Trans Youth |
| Joshua Chen | Mr. Biden: Can You Cure Mental Illness? A Comparison of Policy on Cancer and Mental Illness |
| Grant Cox | Uninsured Status’s Effect on Primary Care and Stroke |
| Emily Erwin | The Psychological Impacts of Orthopedic Surgeries and the Current Support for These Outcomes |
| Amaryllis Fernandes | The Changing Landscape of Medical Education: Burnout and Its Antidote, Professional Development |
| Pallavi Ganapathi | The Limitations of the Western Biomedical Approach in Addressing the Intergenerational Trauma of South Asian Immigrants |
| Fariha Hameed | Medical Specialty and Life Impact |
| Swetha Jayavelu | Living with Anorectal Malformations – What Happens After the Surgery? |
| Ethan Lau | Normalizing Conversations Regarding Death and Dying |
| Spandana Mandaloju | Diversity in Medicine and Social Media: How Can We Improve? |
| Amanda Maxwell | Gender Glasses |
| Marisa McDow | The Physician Divide: Analyzing the Gender and Geographical Differences of Physicians within the National Football League |
| Hunter McSpedden | A Historical Exploration of Female Sexual Dysfunction and Current Approaches |
| Lauren Miller | Bodies as Battlegrounds: How Abortion Bans Disproportionately Affect Women of Color and Women of Low Socioeconomic Status |
| Seena Ounsinegad | Sexual Experiences and Mental Health in Men: The Ganymede Study |
| Joshua Rosenthal | What Is to Be Done: Emotional Trauma in Physicians |
| Bethany Russell | Putting Family into Medicine, the Changing Plight of Starting a Family as a Womb Bearer in Medicine |
| Emily Shen | Zooming into Residency: A Review of Stressors in In-person vs. Virtual Residency Interviews |
| Fatema Shipchandler | A Return Home: The Evolution of Healthcare Delivery |
| Ashley Thornhill | The Prevalence and Variance of Imposter Syndrome in McGovern Medical School Students |
| Juliana Zhang | Qualitative Analysis of Barriers to Mental Health Services Amongst Members of a Local Asian American and Pacific Islander Healthcare Community |